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Friday, April 24, 2015

Have I Got a Case of Butterflies on the Brain??

I am enjoying using the goodies that I got in some happy mail from STAMPlorations last week

The flock of butterflies was made using a stencil using the Stencil monoprint technique I had read about a few days before

I applied the inks to the back of the stencil, sprayed them and 'plonked' the inked stencil onto the watercolour paper - volia - a wonderful print. I obviously did not spray as much water on it as the 'tutor' did in the video, but I am happy with the results.

The panel was sprayed with red perfect pearls and some silver shimmer paint, the butterfly was cut and embossed using a sizzex ebmbosslet, and silver sequins and rhinestones added.

The sentiment came from the new release over at STAMPlorations called Fond Expressions and was stamped using espresso ink .

Two corners of the main panel were rounded, and this was then mounted over a deep green card - I am more than happy with this card.

As I am new to stencils, I was thrilled to read about this technique on another blog this week and now I'm thrilled to see your card as inspiration for a finished spectacular design! Well done, Maxine!! I'm glad you have butterflies on the brain!! Enjoy the weekend! Hugs, Darnell

Hi, Maxine! I love the results you achieved with the monoprint/stencil technique! I haven't tried this yet; you have inspired me to give it a go soon. Thank you for your recent comments on my blog. Sure do appreciate it!!